On December 11, the "Beijing Population Blue Book : Beijing Population Development Research Report (2021)" was released. According to the Blue Book, the quality of Beijing's population has continued to improve, ranking the forefront of the country, and the education level of residents is leading the country. In 2020, the average life expectancy of residents of Beijing nationality reached 82.43 years.
The Blue Book was jointly published by the Beijing Population and Social Development Research Center of the Party School of the Municipal Party Committee and the Social Science Literature Publishing House to analyze the current situation of population development in Beijing. The Blue Book points out that Beijing's permanent population has declined slightly since 2017, with the city's permanent population of 21.89 million in 2020; family miniaturization continues to intensify, from 3.7 people/household in 1982 to 2.31 people/household in 2020, lower than the national average of 2.62 people/household. At the same time, the proportion of the elderly population is increasing. In 2020, the size of the permanent elderly population aged 60 and above has reached 4.299 million, accounting for 19.6% of the permanent population, of which the permanent elderly population aged 65 and above accounts for 13.3% of the permanent population.
The Blue Book also pointed out that the quality and life expectancy of Beijing's population continued to improve, and the average life expectancy of residents with household registration in Beijing in 2020 reached 82.43 years, an increase of 0.12 years over the previous year. The level of education of residents is leading in the country.
In 2020, the average years of education of the permanent population aged 15 and above in Beijing was 12.64 years, ranking first in the country; 41,980 people per 100,000 people had a college degree or above, ranking first in the country and far higher than the national average of 15,467 people.
In addition, the population distribution in Beijing is more balanced, and the non-capital function relief has been effective. Overall, the population size of the capital's functional core areas and urban functional expansion areas has declined, and the population scale of new urban development areas and ecological conservation development zones has increased.
Source: Qianlong Network
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